I like the steam deck startup movies. But no, points aren't for anything, really. Been around at least...5 years.
I like them too but are there more somewhere? I only see a few and I bought them all
There's a decky loader extension, 'animation changer'. Could lose a couple afternoons browsing their community sourced gallery.
You can use them in the points store to buy emotes and profile decorations and stuff.
LOL. I just checked and I have over half a million points.
In my opinion, no they are absolutely worthless, you can "buy" stuff from the points shop but its stupid shit like avatars or backgrounds. you can't use them for anything you might actually want like games or hardware.
Most people just ignore them, a few actually care if they like customizing their profile but even then your options are limited to whatever steam offers you. You can't use your own pictures or icons.
The smart thing to do is to spend them on seasonal badges, increasing your badge level.
If you care about that sort of thing I suppose it would be. I'm just on steam to play games the rest seems pointless and I honestly forget it even exists until someone mentions it.
I've gotten a handful of free games from selling boosters, and the higher your level the bigger the booster chance is.
Well now I'm a little intrigued, I may have to look into that I have like 2 million steam points I might as well make them useful.
You can get game specific emoticons/profile customizations that you can use in your Steam chats, or your profile.
If you like the customizibility on your profile, it's very useful. If not, not really.
Not new, but they're great if you enjoy profile customization, more emoticons/stickers, or Steam Deck stuff (keyboard themes and startup movies).
A lot of people are unfamiliar with a LOT of features that Steam offers. It's a very robust PC gaming social network (complete with a "status" sort of activity feed), player-run groups with Discord-like group chats and themed review curators, full market of trading cards and gems that can be sold for a few cents of credit or traded to make badges, a leveling system that unlocks more features and profiile customization options...
That's just scratching the surface. I love using those features on a daily basis and encourage my Steam friends to do the same. I've managed to build a small circle of friends where we post our activity, share content for games, chat about upcoming titles, etc. I wish more people used those features!
You guys sounds awesome!
Its pretty nice to have a space where we just chat about games, I have to admit that!
You can use them in the points shop to purchase profile customizations and badges to boost your steam level. After every seasonal sale I dump all the points I get into badges. Up to level 45 now!
I didn't know you can buy badges with those points. Thanks.
..and what does level 45 get you?
Bigger chance to get free booster drops. Which you can use to craft more badges or to sell off. Got a handful of games that way.
Bragging rights? A tiny hit of dopamine? Idk it literally doesn't matter, just a number on a profile.
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